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became a leper. She had been tome years in the neighborhood,' and the families were intimate.At one time there were some lepers in Louisiana, but they have almost entirely disappeared. In 1860 a Mrae. Onrblanc, whose father came from the south of France, developed leprosy. She died in 1870, leaving four sons and two daughters. The first, second and fourth sons and a daughter became lepers. They had all lived with the mother. A nephew, who lived in the neighborhood, and a young woman not related to the family, who had nursed the mother, became leprous, as well
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The Banner Democrat
Lake Providence, Louisiana, US
Sat, Jul 21, 1894
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